Pilgrim's Bounty (November 20 - November 26) Guide

Pilgrim's Bounty is here and it's time to reflect on your journeys across Azeroth, share plentiful food, and exchange stories with friends. Throughout this holiday, you can partake in feasts near major towns by sitting at a bountiful table and enjoying the foods you find there.

Due to its focus on food, this holiday is especially well-known for being a quick and easy way to level up cooking. By purchasing a Bountiful Cookbook, players gain seasonal recipes which grant easy skill-ups and delicious food such as Pumpkin Pie.

This holiday lasts from November 20 at 4:00 AM to November 26 4:00 AM. We'll be updating again on Sunday if anything has changed for this year's holiday.

Bountiful Tables

The main Pilgrim's Bounty festivities take place at bountiful tables which can be found located throughout many zones in Kalimdor and Eastern Kingdoms. Various seasonal vendors and questgivers surround the major cities' tables, offering special cooking ingredients and related daily quests.

Alliance Locations

Neutral Locations

Minor towns: Light's Hope Chapel, Ruins of Thaurissan

At any of these locations, you will find that bountiful tables have been loaded with food. The tables located in major cities will be surrounded by vendors, cooking trainers, and questgivers while the ones located in minor towns will have only a hostess to greet you. You can sit and eat at any table--even those located in the opposing faction's city/town. In fact, there's even an achievement for doing just that!

A bountiful table features five different chairs, one for each different food that is available in that spot. Each chair is labeled for the associated food, and you will be able to eat/pass as much of it as possible for as long as you are seated. Each table features The Cranberry Chair, The Pie Chair, The Sweet Potato Chair, The Stuffing Chair, and (of course) The Turkey Chair. Unlike normal chairs, the bountiful table's chairs function similar to vehicles and feature their own unique abilities that will replace your main action bar upon being seated.

Players will be given options to eat or pass the delicious foods provided at their seat. These abilities are necessary not only for eating to obtain the respective food's buff (you must eat five helpings of a single food to gain its buff), but also to pass the foods required for Sharing is Caring and to accidentally "throw" the food required for "FOOD FIGHT!".

If you eat five helpings of each of the available foods at a bountiful table, you will gain the The Spirit of Sharing buff which grants a 10% increase in reputation gain for an hour, and can be regained simply by visiting a table and sampling all five foods again. If seated players pass food to each other, obtaining this buff shouldn't take long at all--so don't forget to share!

Seasonal Items

The ingredients required for cooking the various Pilgrim's Bounty recipes are available only from special seasonal vendors or from mobs that will not spawn outside of the season.

It's worth noting that the recipes will count towards the various recipe-learning achievements (such as Chef de Cuisine). If you want a guide that focuses specifically on the related recipe achievements, user Patrick3876 made an excellent one for Wowhead!

The following items can be purchased from seasonal vendors and used to cook the new recipes, and some can only be purchased in a specific zone (see item tooltips):

Upon completing the quest chain ending with Slow-roasted Turkey (Alliance version), you will receive a Turkey Caller. This fun little item can be used to call a Wild Turkey to your side (which can then be killed for Wild Turkey). This is not to be confused with the non-combat pet you can obtain by completing all of the Pilgrim's Bounty achievements and will expire when the event has ended.

There are also few seasonal items that are available as rewards from the various cooking daily quests. You will have your choice of any one reward for completing a daily quest, so you will be able to collect all of the different rewards after completing five daily quests. You will then need to complete eight more daily quests in order to get enough Turkey Shooter to transform each different race of rogue for Turkey Lurkey.

You will need to complete at least ten daily quests in order to obtain enough items to complete various achievements (a Pilgrim Hat, your choice of chestpiece, and the 8 Turkey Shooter). The following items are awarded from the Pilgrim's Bounty daily quests:

Seasonal Recipes

With the main focus of the Pilgrim's Bounty event being food, you had better believe there's new Cooking recipes! Seasonal recipes have been added and players can purchase a Bountiful Cookbook (Alliance version) containing all five of their faction's recipes for a mere from any Pilgrim's Bounty Vendor!

It is worth mentioning that learning and cooking these seasonal recipes provides one of the easiest and fastest methods of leveling cooking from at least 1 - 300 skill using only seasonal, vendor-purchased ingredients, so if your character has no cooking skill now is the perfect time to start!

New Pilgrim's Bounty vendors have been added that sell most of the reagents required for cooking these recipes. Certain specific ingredients can only be purchased at their respective cities, for example Mulgore Sweet Potato can only be purchased in Mulgore, near Thunder Bluff. The only item you will have to go out and farm for is the Wild Turkey, which will require traveling out to either Tirisfal Glades or Elwynn Forest and killing Wild Turkey. Thankfully, the Wild Turkey is a 100% drop and these critters don't put up much of a fight.

It is also worth mentioning that one of the recipes (Spice Bread Stuffing / Spice Bread Stuffing) requires Spice Bread, which is created by another cooking recipe unrelated to the holiday. This recipe, Spice Bread, can be trained from pretty much any Cooking Trainer and requires only 1 point in Cooking skill, making it a great leveling recipe as well.

Quests

Pilgrim's Bounty features a number of new cooking-oriented quests, most of which have daily quest versions as well.

You will need at least 330 Cooking skill in order to be able to cook all of the new seasonal recipes, though the recipes have varying skill levels so if you are not interested in completing everything there will definitely be a recipe you will be able to cook for at least one daily quest, provided you have any Cooking skill at all.

The recipes required for these quests can be learned from a Pilgrim's Bounty Cooking Trainer located near the major cities' Bountiful Tables.

Horde Quests

Pilgrim's BountyStart: Commoners located inside major cities.End:Miles StandishThis is simply a breadcrumb quest that leads you to out to the Pilgrim's Bounty celebrations in Undercity's courtyard, the Ruins of Lordaeron, and is not necessary to be completed in order to obtain the other quests. Simply head out that way and talk to Miles Standish to complete.

Daily QuestsEach of the cooking daily quests are fairly straightforward - simply get the required food, and bring it to the designated person - so they shouldn't need extremely detailed descriptions. A book containing all of the new recipes can be purchased from a Pilgrim's Bounty Vendor located near the major cities' Bountiful Tables. Please refer to the recipes section above for detailed ingredients.

Alliance Quests

Pilgrim's BountyStart: Commoners, probably.End:Gregory TaborThis is simply a breadcrumb quest that leads you to out to the Pilgrim's Bounty celebrations at the gates of Stormwind City, and is not necessary to be completed in order to obtain the other quests. Simply head out that way and talk to Gregory Tabor to complete.

Daily QuestsEach of the cooking daily quests are fairly straightforward - simply get the required food, and bring it to the designated person - so they shouldn't need extremely detailed descriptions. A book containing all of the new recipes can be purchased from a Pilgrim's Bounty Vendor located near the major cities' Bountiful Tables. Please refer to the recipes section above for detailed ingredients.

Achievements

Pilgrim's Bounty features nine unique achievements that can be earned! While it is definitely worth noting that the Pilgrim meta-achievement is not required for , this achievement awards not only a new player title but a non-combat pet as well!

That's right, complete all of the Pilgrim's Bounty achievements and your character will gain the title 'the Pilgrim' and receive a Plump Turkey pet! Unlike that bony little brat from Day of the Dead, this is a permanent pet.

or PilgrimThis achievement requires you to complete ALL of the Pilgrim's Bounty achievements, and will reward you with a new in-game title - the Pilgrim! You will also receive a new companion, the Plump Turkey Pet! Once again worth mentioning, this holiday and its related achievements are not required for .

"FOOD FIGHT!"Bounce food off a fellow feaster's head at a Bountiful Table.For this achievement, you must seat yourself at one of the Bountiful Tables (locations can be found above) and share food until you "miss" and end up bouncing the food off another player's head! Players are reporting that this will happen when the player the food was getting passed to already had a maximum of the food, so just sit at any chair and pass food between players until you have earned this achievement.

Now We're Cookin' or Now We're Cookin'Cook up one of every Pilgrim's Bounty dish.For this achievement, you must cook one of each of the listed Pilgrim's Bounty dishes. These recipes can be learned from Miles Standish or Gregory Tabor and the reagents to cook these new recipes can be purchased from any Pilgrim's Bounty Vendor. You will need at least 330 Cooking Skill to cook all five dishes.

Pilgrim's Paunch or Pilgrim's PaunchAcquire The Spirit of Sharing from a complete Bountiful Table feast at every Horde or Alliance capital.For this achievement, you must have a complete meal at each major city's Bountiful Table, which means sitting in each of the five chairs to eat its provided dish. When you have sampled five helpings of each of the foods the table provides, you will gain the The Spirit of Sharing buff which increases your reputation gain by 10% for an hour. Simply travel to each of your faction's four major cities and sample five helpings of each of the five foods at its table to gain the buff.

Pilgrim's Peril or Pilgrim's PerilWhile wearing either a Pilgrim's Dress, Robe, or Attire, take a seat at each enemy capital's Bountiful Table.This achievement requires you to obtain an article of Pilgrim clothing from one of the Pilgrim's Bounty daily quests (see above) and wear it as you visit (and somehow manage to seat yourself at) the Bountiful Tables in your opposing faction's major cities. This achievement, similar to the Midsummer fire-stealing quests, may prove to be a huge pain on heavily populated servers, so it may be best to try this one during your server's "off-hours" to avoid PVP complications.

Pilgrim's Progress or Pilgrim's ProgressComplete each of the Pilgrim's Bounty dailies.For this achievement, you must complete each Pilgrim's Bounty daily quest. You can get each of the five daily quests from their respective questgivers at your faction's classic major cities' Pilgrim's Bounty camps, and all five are available to complete every day.

Sharing is CaringPass one of every dish at a Bountiful Table.For this achievement, just sit at a Bountiful Table in each of the different chairs and pass the food to another seated player. The table chairs work similar to a vehicle, so you will have new abilities on your action bar to eat, pass, etc. Sit at all five chairs and pass it's offered dish to earn the achievement! And remember - no hoarding the pie chair! We all like pie!

Terokkar Turkey TimeDefeat Talon King Ikiss while wearing a Pilgrim's Hat and either a Pilgrim's Dress, Robe, or Attire.For this achievement you will need to first obtain both a Pilgrim's Hat and a seasonal chestpiece from the Pilgrim's Bounty daily quests. You must then head out to Terokkar Forest's Auchindoun, and venture into Sethekk Halls to defeat Talon King Ikiss while wearing your seasonal attire. This can be completed on either Normal or Heroic difficulty, in case you were interested in having a chance at killing Anzu! Please note that you will, of course, have to be high enough level to zone into Sethekk Halls (level 55) to complete this achievement.

The TurkinatorHunt enough Wild Turkeys quickly enough to gain Turkey Triumph.This achievement requires you to kill 40 Wild Turkey, no more than 30 seconds apart per kill, until you have obtained Turkey Triumph (which is a buff, I'd assume)! Wild Turkey, neutral critters, can be found in Tirisfal Glades or Elwynn Forest, and you can choose to kill them in either zone, though I don't think subjecting yourself to PVP while trying to accumulate a stacking kill count is a very good idea. Expect this achievement to be a complete pain during your server's peak hours, so this may end up being another one to save till the wee hours of the morning!

Turkey LurkeyBlast those dirty, sneaking Rogues with your Turkey Shooter.This achievement requires you to use your trusty Turkey Shooter on a Rogue player of each race - transforming them into a turkey! Poor rogues! A Turkey Shooter can be obtained from Pilgrim's Bounty daily quests, and can be used anywhere, but it is consumed after a single use so you will need to keep doing dailies in order to complete the achievement. Make sure the player you use it on does not already have the buff and is not in a vehicle, or else it will consume the Turkey Shooter and not give you any credit.

Comments

Comment by Cordana

on 2011-11-19T10:47:46-06:00

Thanks for the hard work... looking forward to seeing the guide in the world events category updated to reflect the changes. note though you don't need a Druid anymore for to summon Anzu... who is available now on the heroic only version Sethekk Halls.

Comment by d3cadance

on 2011-11-19T11:58:04-06:00

Thank you very much for the awesome guide!

Comment by Duerma

on 2011-11-19T12:08:31-06:00

I love these world event guides - makes achievement hunting so much easier! One nitpicky note - it's the 20th-26th this year. This guide lists last year's dates. Also, unlike last year, druids are no longer needed to summon Anzu - he's just there.

Comment by barbasol

on 2011-11-19T12:31:57-06:00

So looks like no significant changes this year...

Comment by Feliciamarie

on 2011-11-19T12:37:26-06:00

Gotta love easy cooking up skills :)

Comment by Woodrun

on 2011-11-19T13:44:35-06:00

Gotta love easy cooking up skills :)

I know my alts sure do!

Comment by perculia

on 2011-11-19T13:46:14-06:00

So looks like no significant changes this year...

It hasn't hit live yet--from what we've seen on the PTR, the changes to this holiday shouldn't be as extensive as those for Hallow's End, but you never know. We'll update if we see anything fun and new tomorrow.

Also changed the date/Sethekk bits :)

Comment by Interest

on 2011-11-19T15:32:11-06:00

So looks like no significant changes this year...

Eh. It's a pretty short holiday though. B'sides, everyone knows the premise of the holiday is to:

Farm cooking levels and have free feasts, I mean give thanks.

Comment by wobbuffet

on 2011-11-19T19:30:30-06:00

I just learned how this is done thanks to you, Interest :3

Comment by felhunter

on 2011-11-19T20:57:43-06:00

wonder if the Bountiful Feast are updated for cataclysm, cause the wowhead page still shows attack power and spellpower.

Edit: yea the feasts are still wotlk quality, meaning when you eat of them you get AP and SP instead agi/str/int/dodge . on 85 i got 85 AP or 50 SP and 42 stamina.

making them, really useless in cata.

Comment by Interest

on 2011-11-19T21:05:06-06:00

wonder if the feast are updated for cataclysm, cause the wowhead page still shows attack power and spellpower.

I doubt it. It actually scales =)

(Although it would be pure awesome if it was a "smart" food that gave stats based on specialization/class)

Comment by tarix

on 2011-11-20T01:33:17-06:00

What timezone is 4am in? It's now 20 Feb 5pm server time here and the event hasn't started yet.

Comment by CadalMord

on 2011-11-20T01:46:31-06:00

What timezone is 4am in? It's now 20 Feb 5pm server time here and the event hasn't started yet.

Realm time of course.

Comment by TomatoSauce

on 2011-11-20T04:03:33-06:00

it would be pure awesome if it was a "smart" food that gave stats based on specialization/class

Or just the usual all stats bonus?

Comment by poozer

on 2011-11-20T04:31:57-06:00

anybody know where i could find a handy guide to powerleveling cooking through this lovely holiday? i suppose it's a bit early yet, but i can only find last year's.

Comment by pgh1980

on 2011-11-20T04:57:05-06:00

Total noob question here, but how do I get to Darnassus or The Exodar as Horde? Last year there was boats I could use from the coast of Darkshore, but those seem to be gone now.

Comment by poozer

on 2011-11-20T05:05:53-06:00

you have to fly across from darkshore. just find the narrowest part of the sea, and you can fly across before fatigue gets you. then you can take a boat to exodar.

Comment by Interest

on 2011-11-20T09:19:58-06:00

it would be pure awesome if it was a "smart" food that gave stats based on specialization/class

Or just the usual all stats bonus?

Would be quite imbalanced for hybrids if it did that. (Not like it matters, but...yaknow)

Comment by Solarknight

on 2011-11-20T09:35:47-06:00

So no updates? Guess I can skip it, I completed everything last year. I can concentrate on vanilla raiding.